\newglossaryentry{update event}
                 {
                   name={Update Event},
                   description={
                     Every change in state of a net or variable in the
                     system description being simulated is considered
                     an update event. \glspar
                     \See[cite]{vlog-ieee} 64}
                 }

\newglossaryentry{evaluation event}
                 {
                   name={Evaluation Event}, 
                   description={When an update event is executed, all
                     the processes that are sensitive to that event
                     are evaluated in an arbitrary order. The
                     evaluation of a process is also an event, known
                     as an evaluation event.\glspar
                   \See[cite]{vlog-ieee} 64}
                 }
                 

\newglossaryentry{event queue}
                 {
                   name={Event Queue},
                   description={Events can occur at different
                     times. In order to keep track of the events and
                     to make sure they are processed in the correct
                     order, the events are kept on an event queue,
                     ordered by simulation time}
                 }

\newglossaryentry{bfm}
                 {
                   name={Bus Functional Model (BFM)},
                   text={BFM}, 
                   description={总线功能模型, 直接驱动\rtl{}模型的端口信号, 
                     并为上层验证环境组件提供\rtl{}的抽象端口. 从上层看来, 向
                     \dut{}发送或接收数据的信号时序都已经被隐藏, 发送或接收被抽象
                     为对BFM成员函数的调用}
                 }

\newglossaryentry{sv}
                 {
                   name={SystemVerilog (SV)}, 
                   text={SV},
                   description={可以用来设计和验证的语言}
                 }

\newglossaryentry{it}
                 {
                   name={Information Technology (IT)},
                   text={IT},
                   description={信息技术, 在本文中特指一切与计算机、网络相关的
                     应用和开发技术. 比如Windows/Linux的使用, C/C++编程, 
                     脚本语言(Perl, Python, sed)的应用, 数据库的使用和开发, 
                     网络编程等. 这些技术的特点是没有太陡峭的学习曲线, 任何心智
                     健全的人都可以在很短的时间内学会, 并且经过不太长的时间练习之
                     后能够精通}
                 }

\newglossaryentry{dpi}
                 {
                   name={Direct Programming Interface (DPI)},
                   text={DPI},
                   description={\See[cite]{sv-ieee} chapter 26}
                 }
